New QB Armani Edden

[Irse]

Armani Edden. Looks like a 2020 recruit from College of Canyons

https://twitter.com/ACE_DEUCE07/status/1251341411070341120

Link

[kapakahi]

Named 1st team All-California Region III Offense as well as Southern California Football Association (SFCA) National Division Northern League Offensive POY. Completed 63.7% of passes for 27 TDs (with 9 picks) averaging 253.7 yards per game over 12 games. Also ran for 270 yards for 6 TDs. Played as starting QB his true frosh season in 2017 for Antelope Valley College (AVC) but transferred to College of the Canyons (COC) and redshirted his 2018 true sophomore season. Played/started 2019 season as redshirt sophomore.....so has 2 to play 2.

https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/foot ... ani-edden/
http://www.cocathletics.com/sports/fbal ... rmani_5mqc
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http://scfafootball.com/awards/postseas ... te2019.pdf

https://twitter.com/JuCoFootballACE/status/1251343161244495874

https://twitter.com/JUCOFFrenzy/status/1251361228108304384

[shrek2]

True backup for Chevan?

[EITSwarrior]

True backup for Chevan?

Not even sure Chevan will be the starter

[shrek2]

True backup for Chevan?

Not even sure Chevan will be the starter

If I were to guess, I'm pretty sure that Graham is a manager/coach. He's going to maintain the hierarchy from last year. He's probably already heard it from the peanut gallery I suspect that Chevan is a crowd favorite. It would be Chevan's position to lose and that would be if he gained 30 pounds, lost his quickness and is losing games. I suspected that the quarterbacks will be taught early to read when to run and run hard which might cause QB injuries. UH might need to be 3 deep at QB. Can you imagine what would happen at Aloha Stadium if they started another quarterback and lost their early games? There would be a riot.

[kapakahi]

https://www.hawaiiwarriorworld.com/foot ... ani-edden/
https://247sports.com/college/hawaii/Ar ... 146320449/
https://canyons.prestosports.com/sports ... 0421smdgba

https://twitter.com/hawaiiwworld/status/1252705318661840897

https://twitter.com/WSN_247Sports/status/1252758870620958721

https://twitter.com/COCAthletics/status/1252736657104629761

[cabanalane]

If I were to guess, I'm pretty sure that Graham is a manager/coach. He's going to maintain the hierarchy from last year. He's probably already heard it from the peanut gallery I suspect that Chevan is a crowd favorite. It would be Chevan's position to lose and that would be if he gained 30 pounds, lost his quickness and is losing games. I suspected that the quarterbacks will be taught early to read when to run and run hard which might cause QB injuries. UH might need to be 3 deep at QB. Can you imagine what would happen at Aloha Stadium if they started another quarterback and lost their early games? There would be a riot.

Agree. Graham is smart enough not to rock the boat, especially since he is an "outsider." Normally, coaches are given a 2 year pass. With the lockout, for sure he will have that two years pass.

Counter point: If only 17K show up at Aloha Stadium, no can hear the boos if he does not start Chevan. Or should we do a COVID19 Adjustment in attendance and say only 5K will show up.

[TheDuke]

Graham is not a political coach. He is also not a BS coach. He has already assessed the talent on the team. More then likely he started assessing the talent before he applied for the job. He is not going to say something that will cause him to lose his credibility with fans, players and his coaches. He knows at this stage that Chevan is his starter. But if someone comes in in the fall and beats Chevan out Graham will go with whoever it is that will give him the best chance to win and that goes for every position. He is all about winning now not two years from now. He has the confidence in what he can do, the coaching staff that he has put together and the players he inherited. He is building his winning culture; confidence, family, discipline, execution, speed, physicality, verticle passing, tough D, being able to run the ball (passing to the RB) and scoring.

[cabanalane]

I'm sure Fred Von Appen and Norm Chow had the same feeling before the QB hike the first ball.

[SundayJam]

I'm sure Fred Von Appen and Norm Chow had the same feeling before the QB hike the first ball.

Two over-the-hill, first-time head coaches had very little in common with Graham. Likewise, I can't really compare Armani Eden to any other 'replacement' quarterback at UH. I guess Cole McDonald and Greg Alexander have more in common with being 'replacement guys', but that was McMackin and Rolovich. Still, neither one of those coaches had a Chevan to rely on. Chevan still has a lot to prove. We'll see.

[Irse]

Graham is not a political coach. He is also not a BS coach. He has already assessed the talent on the team. More then likely he started assessing the talent before he applied for the job. He is not going to say something that will cause him to lose his credibility with fans, players and his coaches. He knows at this stage that Chevan is his starter. But if someone comes in in the fall and beats Chevan out Graham will go with whoever it is that will give him the best chance to win and that goes for every position. He is all about winning now not two years from now. He has the confidence in what he can do, the coaching staff that he has put together and the players he inherited. He is building his winning culture; confidence, family, discipline, execution, speed, physicality, verticle passing, tough D, being able to run the ball (passing to the RB) and scoring.

With no spring practice and a questionable summer workout program, I think any QB will have a hard time beating out Chevan. Graham will have to rely ore on Chevan than if there was no lockdown and we had spring practice and all summer where the QBs could be working on the new system

[TheDuke]

Graham is not a political coach. He is also not a BS coach. He has already assessed the talent on the team. More then likely he started assessing the talent before he applied for the job. He is not going to say something that will cause him to lose his credibility with fans, players and his coaches. He knows at this stage that Chevan is his starter. But if someone comes in in the fall and beats Chevan out Graham will go with whoever it is that will give him the best chance to win and that goes for every position. He is all about winning now not two years from now. He has the confidence in what he can do, the coaching staff that he has put together and the players he inherited. He is building his winning culture; confidence, family, discipline, execution, speed, physicality, verticle passing, tough D, being able to run the ball (passing to the RB) and scoring.

With no spring practice and a questionable summer workout program, I think any QB will have a hard time beating out Chevan. Graham will have to rely ore on Chevan than if there was no lockdown and we had spring practice and all summer where the QBs could be working on the new system

Like I stated the best QB will start.

[kapakahi]

http://canyonsnews.com/edden-heading-to-hawaii/

https://twitter.com/CNCOC_Sports/status/1256433903251845120